Florida Hospital Association

The recent surge of powerful hurricanes sweeping across the southeastern United States has ignited a nationwide crisis in the healthcare supply chain, specifically affecting the availability of intravenous (IV) fluids. Hospitals and medical centers are grappling with a growing shortage, as two major manufacturing plants critical to the production and distribution of IV fluids have been severely impacted by storm damage.

The situation escalated after Hurricane Milton forced the closure of a major production facility in Daytona Beach, Florida, responsible for distributing a quarter of the nation's IV fluids. . .